National APA Business group Chair Jackie Robertson continues her exploration of advocacy to third-party schemes.

Jess Ellison and Ben Trinh took a chance and opened up their first physiotherapy private practice in 2011. Here they describe how they grew the business to become a national entity and then sold it to health fund HBF at the end of last year.

 Scott Shelly and Ashlee Sherman of Barry Nilsson explain why effective communication with patients is essential for physiotherapists and how to avoid breaching professional obligations.

When a complaint is made in the workplace that requires an employer to take action, it is critical to investigate the matter first. Here is a best practice guide.

The work of the Physiotherapy Board of Australia and its members goes beyond registering the nation’s 39,781 physiotherapists and physiotherapy students. Find out more about what the Board does and meet its newest members.

Professor Louisa Remedios, Professor Barby Singer and Associate Professor Shaun O’Leary write about a research study that commenced in October 2021 aimed at achieving consensus on the definition of a Specialist Physiotherapist and the expected milestone level of achievement for each of the seven physiotherapy roles as defined in the APA’s Career Pathway Competency Framework (Version 6) (APA 2017).

The APA has just launched its third Reconciliation Action Plan, focusing on making the physiotherapy profession culturally safe for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander professionals and patients and providing a viable and clear career pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in physiotherapy. A conversation with APA President Scott Willis and APA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Committee Chair Kathryn Potter about Reconciliation and the importance of the RAP.

Wendy Milway APAM, Rowena Charteris APAM, Piers Truter APAM, Mark Cruickshank APAM and Caitlin Farmer APAM MACP present five discussion points about advanced practice physiotherapy and their pivotal role in healthcare settings across the country.

In this second of a three part examination into professional boundaries, the APA National Professional Standards Panel discuss some ‘signs and symptoms’ that could indicate you or a colleague may be slipping from a benign boundary crossing to a more serious boundary violation scenario. More importantly, they provide some advice on how to ‘treat’ these signs and symptoms before they become injurious to your personal and professional life.

Finding yourself attracted to another person is a normal psychological and physiological occurrence.

COMMENT Reflection and reflective practice are considered key components of competence, important to the growth and development not only of the individual, but also the profession, writes Harry Truong.